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Vol. 38 No. 9       A monthly publication of the Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers        September 2008

Project of the Month

New Memorial Fitness Center opens 
 By Vickey M. Mouze
Command Information Officer

Visitors to the newly remodeled Memorial Fitness Center sit at the juice bar and examine new exercise equipment following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 25. (Photo by Vickey M. Mouze)
Visitors to the newly remodeled Memorial Fitness Center sit at the juice bar and examine new exercise equipment following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 25. (Photo by Vickey M. Mouze)
The former Chuckwalla Gym was renamed the Memorial Fitness Center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 25 following extensive renovations. The fitness center includes a juice bar and new fitness equipment.

Built in 1953, the building has hosted “deployments, redeployments and basketball games,” Col. Jim Chevallier, Fort Irwin garrison commander, said during the ceremony. Chevallier said the center is a “world-class facility for a world-class Army,” which honors the ultimate sacrifice of Soldiers from Fort Irwin.

Sgt. Michael Nickerson uses one of the new pieces of exercise equipment at the newly remodeled Memorial Fitness Center following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 25. Sgt. Nickerson is a squad leader assigned to the Warrior Transition Unit.(Photo by Vickey M. Mouze)
Sgt. Michael Nickerson uses one of the new pieces of exercise equipment at the newly remodeled Memorial Fitness Center following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 25. Nickerson is a squad leader assigned to the Warrior Transition Unit.(Photo by Vickey M. Mouze)
“Today, our dream becomes reality,” said Brig. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, commanding general, the National Training Center (NTC) and Fort Irwin, who attended the ceremony. He thanked the community members who began the project and added, “We have to take ownership of our own destiny.” |

Pittard said there are other ways community members can help make NTC and Fort Irwin the best community Army-wide. These include volunteering; recycling; being considerate of others; helping to plant 1,000 trees on post; and helping to make Fort Irwin 100 percent energy self-sufficient in the next two years. The general encouraged members of the audience to join the Arbor Day Foundation.


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